RECORDING SETUP screen (continued)

Item

Description of settings

 

 

WIDE SELECT

This is used to set whether to record WIDE information when the setting menu “SYS

 

FORMAT” has been set to 480/60i or 576/50i.

 

WIDE: Record

 

NORMAL: Not record

 

<Note>

 

When 1394 input has been selected on the setting menu “INPUT SELECT”, the input

 

signal information is recorded.

COMP MODE

Selects the compression method used during video recording.

 

DARK:

 

Records video suppressing compression video distortion that is generated by dark

 

areas that are about 10 IRE (70 mV) or less.

 

NORMAL:

 

Records using normal compression processing.

 

<Note>

 

DARK setting becomes effective when the following conditions are all satisfied.

 

• The setting menu “SYS FORMAT” is set to 720/60P or 720/50P.

 

• The setting menu “REC FMT (HD)” is set to DVCPRO.

 

• The setting menu “INPUT SELECT” is set to SDI or INT SG.

TIMECODE SETUP screen

Item

Description of settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXT TC REGEN

This is used to select whether to clone the incoming time code, or generate new time

 

 

 

code using the unit's time code generator.

 

 

 

ON:

 

 

 

The time code of the external input signal selected on the setting menu “INPUT

 

 

 

SELECT” is recorded.

 

 

 

• HD-SDI input: SLTC

 

 

 

• SD-SDI input: VITC

 

 

 

• 1394 input: 1394 input time code information

 

 

 

OFF:

 

 

 

The data is recorded using the time code set on the setting menu “TC MODE” or

 

 

 

“TCG”.

 

 

 

<Note>

 

 

 

When this item has been set to ON, it takes priority over the “TC MODE” or “TCG”.

 

 

TC MODE

This is used to select the time code compensation mode when recording the time

 

 

(Only when 59.94 Hz has

codes of the internal time code generator. You need to set the setting menu “EXT TC

 

 

been set)

REGEN” to “OFF”.

 

 

 

DF: The drop frame mode is used.

 

 

 

NDF: The non-drop frame mode is used.

 

 

TCG

This is used to set the operation mode for running the time code of the internal time

 

 

 

code generator. You need to set the setting menu “EXT TC REGEN” to “OFF”.

 

 

 

 

 

FREE RUN:

 

Menu

 

The time code runs no matter what operating mode is established.

 

 

REC RUN:

 

 

 

 

 

The time code runs only during recording.

 

 

TC PRESET

This is used to set the initial value of the time code to be recorded. You need to set

 

 

 

the setting menu “EXT TC REGEN” to “OFF”.

 

 

<Note>

When clips recorded with 24pN or 24PA signal are fed frame by frame, the lost TC values (not consecutive TC values) are output.

The underlined settings are the factory mode settings.

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